By my reckoning, having to pull it up a bit more on a steeper hill is
normal. If you can pull it up, and it holds, sounds good to me! Handbrake
efficiency is reduced if the cable is pulling on the back-plate lever at
other than a right-angle, and this is caused by worn levers as well as
under-adjusted shoes. Mine have had some weld put in the bottom of the
grooves to correct this wear.
PaulH.
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Razor <mrazor@mis.net>
To: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>; Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; MG List
<mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: Hand Brake
> It will hold on a moderate hill, but not on a good size hill. I have
> to ratchet it all the way up to get that. The shoes and cable are
> brand new. I think the rear shoes need to be adjusted up some more,
> but I would have hoped with new shoes and cable it would catch after
> four or five clicks.
> THANKS!
> MIKE R
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
> To: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 3:17 PM
> Subject: Re: Hand Brake
>
>
> > The cable needs some 'spring' otherwise it will never work - you
> pull it up
> > till it is solid then have to let it go back to the next notch,
> hence
> > insufficient pressure on the shoes. Old cables can lose their
> spring.
> >
> > PaulH.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
> > To: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 6:41 PM
> > Subject: Re: Hand Brake
> >
> >
> > > Is he adjusting the rear brakes (at the wheel) or the hand brake
> cable
> > > adjuster (underneath, in the tunnel)? He's right not to let the
> rear
> > > shoes drag, but they need to be darn close to it, then the cable
> adjuster
> > > needs to be tightened up with the handbrake lever released. Even
> then,
> > > due to intrinsic cable stretch, as hard as you can pull up the
> handle
> > > (maybe four "clicks"), it will just hold on a moderate hill (in
> San
> > > Francisco, CURB YOUR WHEELS!). At least that is the story on mine,
> with a
> > > very old cable. But the problem is not that the cable stretches
> over long
> > > periods of time (because you can adjust for that), but that it
> stretches
> > > when you pull up on the lever (or seems to). I suppose that what
> is
> > > really needed is a longer lever arm, to apply more force. Right
> now, as
> > > it is, my wife can't release the handbrake after I have applied it
> fully.
> > >
> > > Mike Razor had this to say:
> > >
> > > >Got new rear brake pads, new hand brake cable, put on by a
> > > >professional mech and still no handbrake holding power on my
> hill.
> > > >Readjusted and still no holding power. Any suggestions? The
> mech
> > > >said he is afraid to adjust up to much, it may make the rear
> brakes
> > > >drag.
> > > >Mike R
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Max Heim
> > > '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> > > If you're near Mountain View, CA,
> > > it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
> > >
> >
>
>
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